Gado-Gado Solo

Sauce:

¼ kg peanuts

2 cloves garlic

100 gr dark brown sugar (palm sugar)

Salt to taste

Tamarind juice to taste

3 fresh red chillies

10 small chillies

Dried shrimp paste (dry-fried)

Coconut milk from ¼ coconut

Fry the peanuts in oil. Drain and grind the peanuts fine. Grind the garlic, brown sugar, salt, chillies and shrimp paste, combine with the coconut milk and tamarind extract and boil until sauce is thick and smooth, stirring contantly.

For these vegetables:

½ lb French beans cut in thirds

3 carrots cut in slices

¾ lb bean sprouts

½ cabbage, shredded

Par-boil the vegetables

Raw vegetables:

1 cucumber (sliced)

2-3 tomatoes (sliced)

3 or 4 lettuce leaves

½ lb boiled potatoes (sliced)

3 large hard-boiled eggs, sliced thinly

2 bean curds (cubed and fried)

Arrange prepared vegetables on a large serving plate, add cubed fried bean curds, eggs, shrimps chips and crisp fried shallots.